Photo of the Week 2023-07-17

 

' dissipation - IV '

Returning to the cottage after a short morning walk with Mr. Murph, I headed down to the shore where patches of dissipating fog were creating a succession of surreal scenes over Hay Bay .

 

At times, the sun would be shining almost completely through leaving me in a localized clear area where all could be seen. The fringes of these areas shrouded what was beyond. Other times, the fog was more immersive creating a softening of everything around me except the most immediate. At various points during the experience, patches of blue sky would appear and drift along high in the scene.

I stayed for a while and made quite a number of images which I have edited down to half a dozen or so for a short series called "dissipation".

 

DJE

Photo of the Week 2021-06-14

 

Sometimes the noise, the static, the clamour of the world today reaches a point and turning it all off isn't enough. You just have to get away and get up in the morning, make a fresh cup of coffee and go sit by the water before anyone else is around ...

 

 

... and enjoy the quiet.

the quiet

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Photo of the Week 2019-06-10

With the 75th Anniversary of D-Day last week, I found myself reflecting on my recent trip to the Netherlands, the research that I did leading up to the trip, the experience itself and well ...

Morning trail to Camp Vught

... the memories and emotions stirred yet again.

During an initial review of images from the trip, I had flagged this view of the wooded area near Camp Vught with the early spring growth emerging. The sense of calm and peace that morning starkly in contrast to what it must have been like in '43/'44. This was a place for morning runners, for those bicycling to work or school, for those like me seeking the morning's fresh air (I needed to shake off sleep having just arrived on an overnight flight and still 8 hrs from checking into my hotel where I looked forward to a nap before dinner).


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Photo of the Week 2018-12-17

My love of the Bruce Peninsula Landscape began several years ago with a visit for some winter photography. The plan for the first 'Bruce' trek likely sprouted from numerous photo outings to sections of the Niagara Escarpment closer to home. Niagara Falls, Hamilton, Dundas, Burlington, Milton, Limehouse etc. all cultivated my fascination with the limestone cliff that stretches hundreds of kilometres.

The winter 'Bruce' trek became an annual event and perhaps because those memories, winter remains a favourite time to be on 'the Bruce'. Though Mother Nature has yet to lay down this season's winter blanket, encountering some of those earlier images on a journey through the photo library brought back that crisp, quiet fee of winter mornings on 'the Bruce'.

Winter Morning at Little Cove - IV

Avisit to Little Cove back in December 2010 provided the "crisp'. A tripod and slow shutter speed calmed the waters.

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Photo of the Week 2018-07-16

quiescence

Listen,

silence,

  absolute silence,

  quiescence of thought

 ...

Floating on the calm evening water of Hay Bay, you can wrap yourself in a soft blanket of calm. When conditions are just so, the horizon softens, near blends into far, water mirrors sky and you lose yourself in glorious, sublime quiescence.

DJE